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Nick Cunningham

Contributor since: 04 Nov 2013

Nick Cunningham

Nick Cunningham is an independent journalist, covering oil and gas, energy and environmental policy, and international politics. He is based in Portland, Oregon. 

Latest articles from Nick

  • Gazprom Seeks A Way Around Ukraine By 2019

    Published 10 June 2015 | viewed 11,017 times

    Gazprom has vowed to entirely cut out Ukraine as a transit hub for natural gas exports to Europe.The conflict with Ukraine has scrambled the longstanding…

  • Oil Markets Could Be In For A Shock From China Soon

    Published 10 June 2015 | viewed 33,031 times

    Oil analysts and commodity traders watch the price of crude swing down and up, and are trying to figure out when and to what extent…

  • A Glut For Natural Gas Too?

    Published 09 June 2015 | viewed 19,824 times

    Oil is not the only energy source that is seeing a glut. Growing supplies of natural gas could soon result in a similar phenomenon. It…

  • Global Oil Shortage Before Year’s End? Surely Not…

    Published 06 June 2015 | viewed 29,025 times

    Now that OPEC has left its production quota unchanged, the world will continue to see a glut in supplies, right?Some analysts aren’t so sure. Sanford…

  • More OPEC Oil Coming When Iranian Sanctions Removed

    Published 03 June 2015 | viewed 20,031 times

    If the West and Iran can sign a comprehensive agreement that leads to the removal of sanctions on Iran, how will OPEC respond to the…

  • Cold Shoulder For Russia Could Hint At OPEC Decision June 5th

    Published 02 June 2015 | viewed 10,578 times

    Before the November 2014 OPEC meeting in Vienna, the head of Russia’s state-owned oil company Rosneft flew to Vienna to meet with OPEC members. The…

  • Do Or Die For Mexico’s Neglected Oil Sector

    Published 01 June 2015 | viewed 10,215 times

    The Mexican government softened some rules on the bidding process for new oil tracts in an effort to placate private oil companies who had complained…

  • How Long Can OPEC Maintain Its Current Strategy?

    Published 30 May 2015 | viewed 23,899 times

    The six-month clock is up. OPEC is convening this week in Vienna, as it does every six months, to discuss and decide on how the…

  • Coal Facing Worst Year Yet in 2015

    Published 28 May 2015 | viewed 24,790 times

    2015 is shaping up to be a fateful year for the coal industry. After coal prices tumbled from their highs in 2011, the industry hit…

  • We May Not See Arctic Oil For Decades

    Published 27 May 2015 | viewed 17,947 times

    Shell’s Arctic campaign this year will be pivotal. If the company cannot find large reserves of oil, it will likely set back Arctic oil development…

  • Oil Still At Risk Of Geopolitical Turmoil

    Published 27 May 2015 | viewed 9,196 times

    There is no shortage of surprises in the world of oil. Nobody anticipated the rush of oil supplies that would come online in such a…

  • Oil Industry Can No Longer Ignore Climate Action

    Published 25 May 2015 | viewed 16,276 times

    Global momentum towards action on climate change is building in the lead up to international negotiations, set to take place later this year in Paris.…

  • Saudi Arabia Planning For Transition To Renewables

    Published 22 May 2015 | viewed 16,732 times

    If Saudi Arabia, king of oil producers, sees an eventual end to fossil fuels, the world should pay attention.Climate negotiators are gearing up for a…

  • This LNG Player Could Leave Lumbering Competitors In The Dust

    Published 21 May 2015 | viewed 8,984 times

    US companies have been scrambling over the past few years to build new export terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG). But just as the first…

  • China Builds Influence In Latin America As Commodity Prices Tank

    Published 20 May 2015 | viewed 7,267 times

    Latin America is increasingly turning to China for an influx of capital.China’s Premier Li Keqiang took a tour of South America and on a stop…

  • Oil Markets Indifferent To Latest ISIS Victory In Iraq

    Published 18 May 2015 | viewed 8,821 times

    A major city in Iraq fell to ISIS militants, marking another milestone in the ongoing war between the US and Iraqi governments on one side,…

  • America’s Shadowy Energy Partnership With Azerbaijan

    Published 16 May 2015 | viewed 26,356 times

    Ten Members of the U.S. Congress – along with 32 of their staff members – received secret payments from Azerbaijan’s state-owned oil company to travel…

  • Are US Drillers Actually Making A Comeback?

    Published 14 May 2015 | viewed 28,880 times

    Is US shale about to make a comeback?Oil prices have rebounded strongly since March. The benchmark WTI prices soared by more than 36 percent in…

  • The Latest Casualty In Energy’s Hardest Hit Industry

    Published 13 May 2015 | viewed 14,889 times

    Another coal company bites the dust. Again.Patriot Coal, a miner of coal in several Appalachian states, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 12. Patriot…

  • Saudis Snub Obama Over Iran Deal

    Published 11 May 2015 | viewed 21,861 times

    The U.S. is seeking a rapprochement with Iran over its nuclear program, potentially ending several decades of hostility. But while the U.S. is extending an…

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